I saw this post over on the Burton Community. Burton recently made a Vapor for a special order. They don’t say who the order is for, but given the massivness of it and the NBA season just ending, could it be Shaq is hitting the park?

This super sized set up was floating around the office the other day (en route to it’s really big owner), and it was so amazing that we had to take some pictures. The boots are size 22, the bindings were specially modified Freestyle’s (to put things in perspective, the toe strap is a L ankle strap…), and the board is the biggest Vapor ever made. In the pictures up above, those are size 9 feet standing on it with a fair bit of clearance on either side of the board, and in the base photo you can see that it needed more than one base sheet to cover the base. The mold we used to make this board was from a board that we made for basketball legend David Robinson, who is 7′ 1″. Shoot, that’s a big board! "

it would be really interesting to try to find the biggest board you can and see how it rides. u would really have to put your weight into the turns but it will probably ride powder anything else like a w12 audi

As far as Shaq having that big of feet, it's true. And I'm sort of in agreement with these people speculating that it's for his stupid ass tv show, I really hope it is. It'd be so funny to see him catch an edge on that thing.

I grew up being obsessed with Shaq. Was a retardedly huge fan when I was little. Lately, tho, it's like dude, you're frickin' old and you suck. Call it quits already. And now he's at Boston with my homies The Big 3 (+1)? WTF? They better win the title so he can be done.

Either way, if they do use this thing for a show I can only assume it'll be SHAQ vs Shaun White, and Burton will have their crap plastered e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e...

If it was made for an athlete, they would most likely be retired, because I'm pretty sure that pro athlete's aren't allowed to do any other sports than the one they are paid for. I think it's in most contracts that they can't do it.

haha theres a better pic of you and brodys board jen.. you're not on the snow though. remember which one im talkin bout? It looks double your size.

I know which you're talking about, but I can't seem to find it right now.

Originally posted by eldolocal68

why custom order, couldn't the person just get a skunk ape^^^^^^heir to the doughboy and my grocer.

Even though the Doughboys, Grocers and Skunk Apes are long, they wouldn't be nearly wide enough for that size 22 boot. They're relatively narrow, even though they're long. And, that board doesn't look like it was built to be long, as much as it was to be wide to accommodate the ridiculously large foot. They have it next to a Sherlock, which only comes in a 163 as the longest version, and that Vapor isn't all that much longer than it.

I'd put my bet on Shaq for his Shaq vs TV show.David Robinson snowboards? That would be something to see. Couldn't find a picture but found a nba blurb about it. http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/robinson_feature_050808.html

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